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• Day 6: During Deployment “Love is Not Irritable”
• Day 7: During Deployment “Love Believes the Best”
• Day 8: During Deployment “Love is Not Jealous”
• Day 9: During Deployment “Love Makes Good Impressions”
• Day 10: During Deployment “Love is Unconditional”
• Day 11: During Deployment “Love Cherishes”
• Day 12: During Deployment “Love Lets the Other Win”
• Day 13: During Deployment “Love Fights Fair”
• Day 14: During Deployment “Love Takes Delight”
• Day 15: During Deployment “Love is Honorable”
• Day 16: During Deployment “Love Intercedes”
• Day 17: During Deployment “Love Promotes Intimacy”
• Day 18: During Deployment “Love Seeks to Understand”
• Day 19: During Deployment “Love is Impossible”
• Day 20: During Deployment “Love is Jesus Christ”
• Day 21: During Deployment “Love is Satisfied in God”
• Day 22: During Deployment “Love is Faithful”
• Day 23: During Deployment “Love Always Protects”
• Day 24: During Deployment “Love vs. Lust”
• Day 25: During Deployment “Love Forgives”
• Day 26: During Deployment “Love is Responsible”
• Day 27: During Deployment “Love Encourages”
• Day 28: During Deployment “Love Makes Sacrifices”
• Day 29: During Deployment “Love’s Motivation”
• Day 30: During Deployment “Love Brings Unity”
• Day 31: During Deployment “Love and Marriage”
• Day 32: During Deployment “Love Is Faithful”
• Day 33: During Deployment “Love Completes Each Other”
• Day 34: During Deployment “Love Celebrates Godliness”
• Day 35: During Deployment “Love is Accountable”
• Day 36: During Deployment “Love is God’s Word”
• Day 37: During Deployment “Love Agrees in Prayer”
• Day 38: During Deployment “Love Fulfills Dreams”
• Day 39: During Deployment “Love Endures”
• Day 40: During Deployment “Love is a Covenant”

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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry . . .” — James 1:19 “Communication is a lot like tennis. One person begins the conversation by making a statement, and then perhaps [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Our family has a tradition of gathering around the Thanksgiving table and beginning our time together by sharing one thing that we’re [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD . . . – Psalm 33:12 Each year we celebrate Thanksgiving in the tradition of the Plymouth colony’s harvest at the end of their first year in the New World, 1621. Did these early settlers have [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. For a man’s ways are in full view of the LORD, and He examines all his paths. — Proverbs 5:21 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. — Colossians 3:5 A [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Outdo one another in showing honor. — Romans 12:10 My husband and I have the privilege of working with all five branches of the military. But until last week we had never been part of a Marine Corps birthday ceremony, officially celebrated on the 10th [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. — Deuteronomy 31:6 But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands. [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.  Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”  —Ephesians 4:32 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note:  Two years ago I asked Diana Juergens, author of Wife of a Soldier, A Journey of Faith, to share with me her thoughts on parenting during deployment. Rich and Diana are the parents of eight daughters and had completed their sixth (or was [...]